BOULMER, a township, joint with Seaton-House,
in the parish of LONG-HOUGHTON, southern division
of BAMBROUGH ward, county of NORTHUMBERLAND,
6J miles (E. by N.) from Alnwick, containing, with
Seaton-House, 104 inhabitants. This village lies on the
sea-shore, and is chiefly inhabited by fishermen, whose
boats are moored in Boulmer bay, a natural basin environed
by rocks, eight hundred yards long, and four
hundred broad, the entrance to which is twelve feet
deep at low water.